This Fourth of July weekend will probably be deadlier than usual on U.S. roads because the holiday falls on a Saturday this year, and more people are driving as the economy improves, a safety group said. There will be 49,500 …
New Hampshire officials say two people were injured – one of them severely – in a fireworks accident July 4th in Pelham. Authorities are not immediately releasing the names of the injured adults. State Fire Marshal J. William Degnan and …
Delaware authorities are holding the state’s first sobriety checkpoint for drivers this weekend. The first checkpoint for the 14th annual checkpoint campaign is scheduled for Friday, the Fourth of July, in Newport. Last year, police say alcohol was involved in …
Some Maine law enforcement agencies are already launching stepped-up traffic enforcement in advance of the Fourth of July weekend. Col. Robert Williams, the state police chief, said troopers will be looking for aggressive, drunk and distracted drivers, speeders, those texting, …
Forecasters are watching a potential tropical system that may skirt the U.S. East Coast this week, brushing past major Northeastern cities in time for the Fourth of July holiday. The collection of thunderstorms now about 140 miles east- northeast of …
Texas troopers will be out in force over the long Fourth of July holiday period looking for suspected drunken drivers and other traffic violators. The Texas Department of Public Safety says patrols will increase starting Friday and running through July …
The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says law enforcement agencies will be targeting suspected drunk drivers during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Officials say law enforcement agencies throughout Georgia will be aggressively targeting those suspected of driving drunk during …
Authorities say an initial investigation into the fatal crash at Bangor’s Fourth of July parade shows that an antique fire engine lost its braking ability when it crushed a man driving a tractor. Police said 63-year-old Wallace Fenlason was killed …
State transportation officials say almost 1,800 motorists were arrested on North Carolina highways for driving while impaired during an Independence Day operation. The N.C. Department of Transportation and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced that “Operation Firecracker” resulted in 1,737 …
Four people were killed in crashes during the Fourth of July travel period in accidents that were investigated by Alabama State Troopers, state Department of Public Safety officials said Monday. The holiday travel period began at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and …